gullibility


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Synonyms for gullibility

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Synonyms for gullibility

tendency to believe too readily and therefore to be easily deceived

Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.
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Such "unfairness' might remind companies to fight harder the next time government tries a similar heist.' But the companies that listened paid a heavy price for their gullibility.
Ignorance is bliss, not until you fall into the trap of taking a certain sarcastic joke to be true and exposing your gullibility online.
And the outcome of this gullibility in that rugby union in the Bridgend area is in an awful state.
WITH the long-awaited, and indeed costly, report into the goings-on at MG Rover, stopping at pounds 16 million, a clear and disturbing picture now emerges of profiteering in an obscene way - venture capitalism and other practices which appear to be capitalising on government gullibility about large-scale industry and how it is run for profit, especially as it was secured for a fee of pounds 10 initially and then proceeded to become a "cash cow" for several individuals named publicly in the report.
First of all you are asked to sit a Gullibility Test which might seem a bit taxing if you had picked up The Museum Of Hoaxes simply to kill 20 minutes with a literary browse.
I am now without the gullibility of youth or the middle-aged fear of the future; I am able to stamp on the conmen with a conscious delight and at the same time keep part of my well-earned pension safely zipped in my purse!
The Yanks' gullibility was underlined by the fact that a quarter of those quizzed claimed to be descended from Bonnie Prince Charlie.
What began as a good example of investigative journalism has now been sullied by the very gullibility newspapers accuse Cherie of.
FOR ALL intents and purposes, we need to stop the practice of certain religious sects or organizations that exploit the gullibility of their loyal members by dictating on them to vote for their endorsed candidates who they expect to do them parochial, personal and political favors in return.
The British Humanist Association, which has campaigned for tighter regulations for psychics said the makers were "preying on people's gullibility".
The gullibility of the Labour Party still amazes me sometimes.
Because drug dealers feed on many things ( on innocence, on gullibility and on fear.
I reckon he discovered that the greater the lie the greater the gullibility, but it backfired and he has been found out.
It only tells us a re-educational programme is necessary and long overdue for this group of people, whose gullibility is beyond belief.
He claimed the charade had been part of an artistic concept to show up the gullibility of the Press.